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Montague-Chelmsford Reforms 1919:

In 1918, Edwin Montagu, the Secretary of State, and Lord Chelmsford, the Viceroy, produced their scheme of constitutional reforms, known as the Montagu-Chelmsford (or Mont-Ford) Reforms, which led to the enactment of the Government of India Act of 1919.

Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms came into force in 1921. The sole purpose of this Act was to ensure Indians of their representation in the Government.

The Act introduced reforms at the Central as well as Provincial levels of Government.

The Montagu-Chelmsford Reforms were reforms introduced by the British Government in India to introduce self-governing institutions gradually to India.

The reforms take their name from Edwin Samuel Montagu, the Secretary of State for India during the latter parts of World War I and Lord Chelmsford, Viceroy of India between 1916 and 1921. 

The reforms were outlined in the Montagu-Chelmsford Report prepared in 1918

and formed the basis of the Government of India Act 1919.

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